Word: ace
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good guy is a dog, Max's gray-eyed mutt companion, fearless and faithful. Another one literally erupts out of the earth. This is Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), a deranged parody of the World War I aerial ace: scarecrow skinny, gaily clad, sporting a James Coburn smile with advanced caries. This would-be gallant is given to abrupt whinnies and wistful meditations on the good old days: "Remember lingerie?" The refiners are led by Pappagallo (Mike Preston), who carries the weight of his predicament with swaggering dignity, and Feral Kid (Emil Minty), an eight-year-old who growls...
...Crimson finally got to Cornell ace Greg Myers (now 3-1 lifetime vs Harvard and heading for his fourth year in a row as All-League) in the sixth when Bauer blasted a solo shot over the left field wall RBI swings by shortstop Tony "Coots" DiCesare and centerfielder Bruce Weller added two more Harvard runs in the seventh...
...With ace pitcher and tourney MVP Tracy Dickerman on the mound for every inning of every contest, the Bruins won all six games that weekend and breezed to a first ever Ivy title Harvard meanwhile finished a disappointing fourth...
Jakovic also won the Sunday final against Yale, 30-10, as the Crimson went 3-3 and finished fourth out of the seven-team field. Staff ace Val Romero compiled a disapointing 0-3 record, but as Jakovic pointed out later. "Val pitched really well and just got some bad breaks. If just a couple of hits had gone through, she would have had three wins...
...Harvard squad cheered them on, the Big Red players tallied nine runs off the Tigers; number-two pitcher and forced the tourney runner-ups to send Angie Dennis, their All-Ivy ace, to the mound. Princeton eventually won the contest, 16-9, but Cornell had clearly earned the respect of its opponents...